Chapter 136 Demanding You Leave with Nothing

The atmosphere at the scene was as silent as death. In the end, Ji Yanxi invited Shen Yan into the room.

Sitting in the room where the two of them had just finished, Shen Yan experienced a swirling mixture of emotions.

The air was tainted with a strange scent, though not the kind that lingers after intimacy.

Ji Yanxi sat on the edge of the bed, scratching his head over and over again.

He knew that Shen Yan was waiting for his explanation, but he had no idea how to explain.

After all, he had given his word to keep this matter confidential.

"Still not talking?" Shen Yan urged.

"Brother Yan, Yaoyao and I have nothing going on. We..."

Ji Yanxi wore an expression of utter distress. "You know me, no matter how much of a scumbag I am, Ji Yanxi, I would never touch a friend's wife."

A friend's wife?

Well... indeed, Ye Yaoyao was indeed his wife.

"You're sure nothing happened?" Shen Yan countered.

"There really is nothing between us," Ji Yanxi said, his head throbbing with a headache.

*Brother Yan, please stop asking. If you keep asking, I'm going to be completely ruined.*

True to his word, Shen Yan dropped the subject of their relationship, shifting the topic instead.

"How are things with that part of you?" Shen Yan cast a glance down at a certain area of his body.

"How is what?"

Hearing this, Ji Yanxi felt his heart sink heavily. Why did he feel something was terribly wrong?

The secret he thought he was guarding—did everyone already know about it?

This, this, this...

No wonder when he was drinking a while back, Shen Yan had made all those random remarks. It turned out he had known all along.

"I... I'm fine."

Mentioning this brought a wave of shame to Ji Yanxi. He stood up and walked toward the door. "I'm okay, Brother Yan. I have things to attend to, so I'll be leaving first."

With that, he fled as if escaping for his life.

If Shen Yan and Ye Yaoyao weren't a match made in heaven, how else could they both be so deeply concerned about his performance in that department?

Yu Qingqing uploaded the video to the internet, accompanying it with a grievance-laden voiceover.

"Good heavens, what on earth did I do wrong to deserve this? My son is in the intensive care unit with only one breath left, and my husband turns right around and shares a bed with another man. If I truly deserve to die, why not just let me perish directly? Why torture me like this?"

The video had been edited, zooming in closely on Ye Yaoyao's face. The moment that face appeared, the netizens erupted in a frenzy.

"No wonder Ji Yanxi suddenly spoke up for Yu Wanqing. So it was because of Ye Yaoyao!"

"Is this Ye Yaoyao completely shameless? Seducing Shen Yan and Ye Shen wasn't enough, and now she won't even spare Shen Yan's best friend?"

"Are men that scarce for her? She might as well just go become a prostitute..."

As the online chatter fermented, watching the insults hurled at Ye Yaoyao, the corners of Yu Qingqing's mouth curled up uncontrollably. This was precisely the effect she wanted.

Now, everyone viewed her as a pitiful victim while finding Ye Yaoyao and Yu Wanqing utterly disgusting.

Yes, it should be just like this!

Then, right at the peak of the public interest, Yu Qingqing dropped another bombshell.

"I've seen all the messages of concern from fellow netizens, and I am deeply grateful. Perhaps Yanxi and I simply weren't meant to be; our relationship was never blessed from the very beginning, which is why we faced so many obstacles."

"My only hope now is that my child can pull through the danger zone, and as for everything else, I no longer care."

"I can no longer afford Mr. Ji, nor do I dare to keep him. Therefore, I have decided to get a divorce."

Yu Qingqing's final sentence caused yet another massive uproar.

This maneuver earned her the trendy "independent heroine" label currently sweeping the internet.

Those who had previously considered Yu Qingqing's behavior pretentious and desperate to marry into wealth by any means necessary completely changed their tunes.

"So Yu Qingqing married Ji Yanxi genuinely for the sake of love?"

"Oh mother, I've finally witnessed a legendary pure-love warrior, the kind who cannot tolerate a single grain of sand in her eyes!"

"I've decided to retract every slanderous word I said about her earlier!"

Following the release of the video, Yu Qingqing left her hotel to meet with Ji Yanxi and discuss the divorce proceedings.

"Busybody" helpers were always abundant. No sooner had she stepped outside than she noticed someone tailing her. Fortunately, having anticipated this, she had deliberately dressed in a wretched, disheveled state to make herself look like a cast-off woman.

Both parties brought their respective lawyers. Upon seeing Yu Qingqing, Ji Yanxi felt a wave of nausea.

She really knew how to put on a show.

Yu Qingqing's legal representative spoke up, "Mr. Ji, according to the evidence gathered by my client, you have committed infidelity during the marriage. Therefore, you should leave with nothing."

At these words, the corners of Yu Qingqing's lips twitched upward in triumph.

Originally, she had only intended to take half of Ji Yanxi's assets, but he had been foolish enough to walk right into her trap—and his partner in infidelity was none other than Ye Yaoyao!

In that case, she wouldn't be polite anymore.

Of course, it would have been easy for Ji Yanxi to find evidence of her own betrayal, but Yu Qingqing had struck first, uploading the video of him and Ye Yaoyao entering the hotel online.

Thus, if Ji Yanxi produced evidence of her infidelity, she could easily claim it was just him throwing dirty water on her.

"That's right, I cheated. So what? I'm willing to leave with nothing." Ji Yanxi admitted it openly and boldly.

His reaction left Yu Qingqing and her lawyer staring at each other in blank dismay.

What was going on? Why would he just admit it like that? No rebuttal at all?

"Do you have any other accusations against me?"

Ji Yanxi pushed the divorce agreement forward. "If not, you can sign it now."

"I don't want the child. There's no way I'm raising another man's kid."

He didn't want to waste a single extra word on this woman.

Seeing this, Yu Qingqing frowned, her eyes filled with confusion. With a heavy expression, she picked up the divorce agreement to read it, but upon reaching the asset distribution section, she slammed the contract violently onto the table.

"Ji Yanxi, are you playing games with me? Why am I only getting ten thousand yuan?"

Yu Qingqing trembled with rage. "As the young master of the Ji family, how could your total assets amount to only ten thousand yuan? Did you secretly transfer the property?"

Abruptly, Yu Qingqing grabbed Ji Yanxi by the collar, her eyes burning with unwillingness.

She had turned herself into the laughingstock of the public—wasn't it all for this fortune?

Yet now they were telling her she wouldn't get the money? How could she possibly reconcile herself to this?

Enjoying the sight of Yu Qingqing losing her mind, Ji Yanxi slowly unclasped her fingers. "I transferred it, so what?"

He shoved Yu Qingqing away and looked at her lawyer. "Have you got the guts to find evidence of my asset transfer?"

Before the marriage, acting on instructions from his mother, Ji Yanxi had already transferred all his assets.

The entire Ji family fortune belonged to him anyway, so he didn't care whose name it was technically registered under at the moment.

In short, this woman Yu Qingqing wasn't going to squeeze a single extra cent out of him.

"Fine, we'll find it. We'll search for it."

Driven mad with fury, Yu Qingqing smoothed down her hair. Seeing her lawyer sitting motionless, she shoved his shoulder. "Why are you still sitting there like a fool? Go find the evidence for me!"

A moment later, the lawyer stood up with a heavy expression. "Ms. Yu, I'm terribly sorry. Due to a sudden personal matter, I can no longer assist you with your case."

This was obviously a carefully orchestrated trap, just waiting for them to jump in.

He had no intention of wasting time on a lawsuit he was destined to lose.

"What? You're just dropping this and quitting?"

Unable to believe her ears, Yu Qingqing grabbed a teacup and hurled it at him. "Useless coward! A few words from him scared you out of your wits? How do you even have the face to keep living with such a spineless shell?"